It seemed like a good idea at the time

It was a quiet night in the New Inn, Winchelsea.  Truthfully, it's always a quiet night in the New Inn, Winchelsea, and my friend said.  'Let's go to Krakow'.  'Why?', said I.  'Because there's a conference on Egyptian Archaeology'. So off we are going, my friend  Peter and me. Leaving tomorrow and coming back on the 12th of July. 2000 miles, 5 countries and a relatively small Audi. 

Which is not quite an excuse for driving across Europe but is what we intend to do.

We will attend (bits of) a conference on Egyptian Archaeology despite no one in the party being an archaeologist.

http://www.archeo.uj.edu.pl/dakhleh8

More importantly, we'll have a look at Europe at a time when things are really interesting.

But, the first challenge is to get to the tunnel avoiding Operation Stack.

http://www.kent.police.uk/news/latest_news/000000_op_stack.html

Last night in Winchelsea